Wheel rim



June 17,1924. n 1,497,725

F. P. HUMMEL.

WHEEL RIM Filed April 1o, 1922 2 s'neLa-Sne; 1

June 17 1924. 1,497,725

F. P. HUMMEL WHEEL RIM Filed April lO, 1922 l 2 She6tS-Sheet 2 Patented June 17, 1924-..

UNITED STATES FRANKLIN PIERCE HUMMEL, OF CLYDE, OHIO.

WHEEL RTM.

ApplicationV led April 10, 1922, Serial No. 551,282.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FnANKLrN Pinnen HUMMEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clyde, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful `Wheel Rim, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to automobile rims for vehicle wheels to facilitate the positioning and removal of a pneumatic tire.

The object of the invention is to provide `a rim of this character including tire and felly carried members equipped with simple Vandeflicient cooperating means for locking the members securely engaged with each other in tire holding position, and which are readily releasable to permit the removal of the tire.

Another object is to provide a sectional rim of this character in which the sections are arranged one within the other and having interlocking engagement with each other whereby relative longitudinal sliding movement is prevented.

Another object is to provide a rim of this character equipped with an eXpansible and contractable removable locking section equipped with means for simultaneously expanding said locking section and securing it to another section of the rim..

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the Vdetails of construction'hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that chan-ges in the precise embodiment of the invention'herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1n the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a portion -of a vehicle wheel with this improved rim shown applied. I i K Figure 2 is a transverse section through the wheel.

Figure 3 is a s imilar view through the outer' section of the rim constituting this invention showing the inner face thereof in elevation. Y

Figure lis a side elevation of a portion of i 1a vehicle wheel 4with the felly carried rim section constituting a part ofthis invention Ashown in side elevation thereon.

Figure 5 is va transverse section through. the inner or feily engaging seeticnn Figure 6 is a similar view through the locking section of the rim, and

Figure 7 is a detail horizontal section showing the means for locking the sections in operative position. f In the embodiment illustrated the rim constituting this invention comprises an inner or felly engaging section 5 and an outer or tire carrying section 10 which are arranged one within the` other and interlockingly engaged by means presently to be described, and held engaged by a locking section 20.

The inner section 5, as shown in Figure 5, is equipped on its inner face with a boss 6 adapted to iit in a seat 8 formed in the periphery of the wheel felly 1 and which in connection with bolts l operates to hold said section fixed to the felly.

This section 5 is provided on its outer face near one edge with a plurality of peripherally spaced lugs 7 which are here shown tapering inwardly at their side edges for a purpose presently to be described. A seat (ia extends transversely across the outer face 0f section 5 in boss 6 thereof (see Fig; 4:). This section isalso provided in its outer face at its opposite side edge with a plurality of peripherally spaced recesses S here shown L-shaped in form with one branch thereof opening through the side edge of the section and the other branch 8 extending circumferentially thereof. These L-shaped recesses are designed to be interlockingly engaged by cooperating lugs 21. on the locking ring, section 2O to be described.

The outer or tire carrying rim section 10 is composed of two detachably connected members 11 and 12, to provide for the application and removal of a tire s0 that a tube may be inserted or removed when necessaryeach having at its outer edge a tire engaging iiange 13. The meeting faces of the members 11 and 12 are provided with interlocking lugs and grooves. The member 12 has lugs 14 adjacent its inner edge with a groove 15 behind them, while member 11 hasa rib 1Ladjacent its inner edge with a groove 15a behind Vit to receive the lugs 14 of member 12, the rib 14 of member 11 having recesses for the entry of 4lugs 14:. 1t will thus be seen that when said members are assembled they `will be held nsecurely against transverse movement relatively to each other. K

The `inner face cf the member 11 of the Vouter Vtlange 22 which when said Vrim section lt) is equipped at the edge opposite its grooved edge with a plurality ot recesses 16 positioned to register with the lugs 7 on the rim section 5 and which correspond in shape to said lugs to torni a wedgelikeV engagement between the sections when applied.

The split annular locking ring section 2O is shown in detail in Figure 6 and applied in Figures l and 2, and is designed to interlockingly engage with the inner rim section 1 5 by means ot peripherally spaced lugs 2l termed on its inner tace near its inner edge which are .designed to .enter the L-shaped recesses 8 ot section 5 and to be turned into the circumterentially extending portions ot said recesses to hold thesections in operative position. Section 20 is provided at its edge with a radially extending section is applied is designed to overlap the outer faces ot sections and l0 as is shown clearly in Figure 2. This section is also provided on its outer tace with a pair ot laterally pro- Jecting studs 23, located on opposite sides ot the split in said section and which are designed to be engaged by a suitable tool tor expanding and contracting said Vsection and tor turning itwto engage it with section V5 or to disengage it therefrom.

A combined spreading and locking bolt 1s shown at 25 in Figure 7 .and is designed to. lpass through the seat 621 prevents turning ot the bolt when applied.

Vvsection 20.is'made tapered in The outer portion 28 ot the bolt which extends between the split ends ot the locking torm so as to exert a'wedging action on these ends to 1 operative position. VThe terminal the boss 6 .with the Y the `telly expand the section and hold it securely in ot the bolt is threaded as shown at 29 and extends beyond the outer tace ot the locking rim section 20 .to receive the securing nut 26.

In the use ot this rim, the inner or Vtelly engaging section 5 is tixedly mounted on 1 as shown in Figure 4 and secured thereto by interlocking engagement ot recess 3 and by means vot the bolts 4 which extend through the telly .into said section 5 as is shown clearly in Figure l. This rim section is' designed to be'perr'nanently carried by the wheel while the outer sectionY 10 is carried by the tire T. andthe two sections are united by slippin the section 10 transversely on to section v5 w1 the `lugs 7 entering the recesses 16 and then inserting the locking section 20 between the sections 5 and l0 by passing the lugs 2l through the recesses S and turning the section 2() to cause said lugs to enter and interlockingly engage with the circumtereiitially disposed portions ot said recesses. When this member 20 is so positioned, the flange 22 thereot will overlap the outer taces ot the sections 5 and 10 and it is securely engaged therewith by means ot the combined locking and wedging bolt 25 in the manner above described.

To remove the tire T in case ot a puncture or tor any other purpose, the bolt 25 is first removed and then the locking section 20 is grasped by the studs 23 and said section turned to release the lugs 21 troni the recesses S ot section 5 which will permit said section to be slipped laterally outward 'and then the section 10 carrying the tire T may be readily separated trom section 5. The spare tire is designed to be equipped with one ot the sections 10 so that no delay will be occasioned when changing a tire.

I claim :h

Vl. The combination with a wheel telly; ot a rim xed thereto and provided on its outer tace near one edge with a plurality ot peripherally spaced lugs and having a Vkeyway extending' transversely across its outer tace, said section having peripherally spaced L-shaped recesses in its outer tace near its other edge with one branch ot each recess opening through said rim edge, a tire carrying section having transversely extending recesses in its inner tace near one edge to receive the lugs on said telly section, and a split annular locking ring insertable between said sections and having lugs on its inner tace to enter the recesses in said telly section whereby the telly, tire carrying and locking sections are locked against relative turning, the split in said locking ring being located to register with the transverse seat in said rim section when the parts are, assembled, and a combined spreading and locking bolt extending through said scat and between said ring ends.

2. The combination with a wheel telly; ot a rim fixed thereto and provided on its outer tace near one edge with a plurality ot peripherally spaced lugs and having a keyway extending transversely across itsouter tace, said section having peripherally spaced L- shaped recesses in its outer tace near its other edge with one branch ot each recess opening through said rim edge. a tire carrying section having transversely extending recesses in its inner tace near one edge to receive the lugs on Vsaid telly section. and a split annular locking ring insertable between said sections and having lugs on its inner tace to enter the recesses in said telly section whereby the telly, tire carrying and locking sections are locked against relative turning, the split in said locking ring being located to register with the transverse seat in said rim section when'the parts are assembled, and a combined spreading and locking bolt extending through said seat and between said ring ends, a portion of the bolt and the split rim ends being tapered to exert a wedging action to expand the ring.

3. The combination with a wheel telly; of a elly carried rini section, a tire carrying section and a split annular locking section, said felly and tire carrying sections having interlocking lugs and recesses to hold theni against relative turning and said felly section and locking section having interlocking lugs and recesses, the split ends of said locking ring being bevelled from their outer toward the inner edge of said ring, and a bolt extending through said telly section and having a tapered portion to enter between said bevelled ends to expand the locking section, said locking section having flanges at its outer edge lapping the elly and tire carrying sections.

+L. In a riin of the class described, elly and tire carried sections detachably connected and a locking ring insertable between said sections, said ring and one of said sections having interengaging lugs and recesses, said ring being split and the ends thereof bevelled, the outer edge of said ring having laterally extending flanges for lapping the outer faces of said sections, a wedge bolt extending through one of said sections and between the split ends of said ring for expanding the ring, and lugs mounted on the outer face of said ring adjacent its split ends.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed Iny signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN PIERCE HUMMEL.

Witnesses:

EMMIT Gr. I-IILL, WILLIAM N. MORGAN. 

